The Mostra honored four great names of the cinema during its 40th edition. Were laureate with the Leon Cakoff Prize the Brazilian actor Antonio Pitanga, who starred the documentary Pitanga; the Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio, author of the poster’s art of this year and celebrated with a retrospective; and the American director William Friedkin, which, in tribute to the 45 years of The French Connection, had seven of his most important movies exhibited.

The Humanity Award went to the Polish director Andrzej Wajda, who died on 9 October, and whom the 40th Mostra presented 17 feature films.